Job responsibilities
SALARIED GENERAL PRACTITIONER JOB DESCRIPTION
REPORTS
TO: THE PARTNER (Clinically)
THE
PRACTICE MANAGER (Administratively)
Overall Purpose to provide NHS personal
medical services to registered patients on the Practice list.
Job
Summary:
The post-holder will manage a caseload and
deal with a wide range of health needs in a primary care setting, ensuring the
highest standards of care for all registered and temporary patients.
Clinical
Responsibilities:
In accordance with the Practice timetable,
as agreed, the post-holder will make him/herself available to undertake a
variety of duties including surgery consultations, telephone consultations and
queries, triage calls, triage visits, checking and signing of repeat
prescriptions and dealing with queries, paperwork and correspondence in a
timely fashion.
Respond to medical problems presented by
temporary residents as required.
Making professional, autonomous decisions
in relation to presenting problems, whether self-referred or referred from other
health care workers within the organization.
Assessing the health care needs of patients
with undifferentiated and undiagnosed problems. Screening patients for disease
risk factors and early signs of illness.
In consultation with patients and in line with
current Practice disease management protocols, developing care plans for
health.
To assist in the establishment of
appropriate systems to manage common chronic medical conditions. Completion of
clinically related administrative and non clinical duties needed for the
delivery of the service. Providing
counseling and health education.
Refer patients for further opinions and
interventions according to Practice protocols.
Recording clear and contemporaneous
consultation notes to agreed standards.
Compiling and issuing computer-generated
acute and repeat prescriptions (avoiding hand-written prescriptions wherever
possible).
Prescribing in accordance with the Practice
prescribing formulary whenever this is clinically appropriate.
Participate in training plans of medical
students as required.
In general the post-holder will be expected
to undertake all the normal duties and responsibilities associated with a GP
working within primary care.
Maintaining,
monitoring and updating computer database and management of medical records and
practice audits
Ensure that practice clinical database is
updated promptly and accurately with information relating to patient records,
as required for clinical accuracy and for practice recording requirements under
QOF and Enhanced Services.
Appropriate use of read codes.
Participating in the collection and
collation of statistics towards the preparation of practice reports, performance
monitoring and audits.
Participating in the auditing of practice
activity.
Practice
Organisation
Process and action incoming patient and
hospital correspondence.
Attendance at in-house meetings,
significant event audit meetings and others as deemed necessary.
Ensure that the practice complaints system
is adhered to at all times
Awareness and compliance with all relevant
guidelines e.g. data protection, confidentiality and health and safety.
Maintain current CPR and anaphylaxis
certification
Confidentiality
In the course of seeking treatment,
patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in
relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have
the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined
in this job description, the post-holder may have access to confidential
information relating to patients and their carers. Practice staff and other
healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the
Practice as a business organization. All such information from any source is to
be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers,
colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the Practice may only
be divulged to authorized persons in accordance with the practice policies and
procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and
sensitive data.
Health
& Safety
The post-holder will assist in promoting
and maintaining their own and others health, safety and security as defined in
the Practice Health & Safety Policy to include:
Providing information regarding immune
consent with particular regard to Hepatitis B status.
Identifying the risk involved in work
activities and undertaking such activities in a way that manages those risks.
Using appropriate infection control
procedures particularly those relating to needlestick injuries, maintaining
work areas in a tidy and safe way and free from hazards.
Ensuring that all accident or dangerous
accidents are reported and investigated, and follow up action taken where
necessary.
Equality
and Diversity
The post-holder will support the quality,
diversity and rights of patients, carers and colleagues to include:
Acting in a way that recognizes the
importance of peoples rights, interpreting them in a way that is consistent
with current legislation.
Respecting the privacy, dignity, needs and
beliefs of patients, carers and colleagues.
Behaving in a manner which is welcoming to
and of the individual, is non-judgemental and respects their circumstances,
feelings, priorities and rights.
Quality
The post-holder will strive to maintain
quality within the Practice, and will:
Alert other team members to issues of
quality and risk.
Assess own performance and take
accountability for own actions, either directly or under supervision.
Contribute to the effectiveness of the team
by reflecting on own and team activities and making suggestions on ways to
improve and enhanced the teams performance.
Work effectively with individuals in other
agencies to meet patients needs.
Effectively manage own time, workload and
resources.
Communication
The post-holder should recognize the
importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:
Communicate effectively with other team
members
Communicate effectively with patients and
carers
Recognise peoples needs for alternative
methods of communication and respond accordingly.
Clinical Workload
Sessions will compromise of face to face
appointments as agreed.
Triage calls/visits.
Referrals
Prescriptions
Pathology